Rise of Nations and Windows XP

[Daryl Keehn]

Hiya,

I managed to get it to happen again. Was playing the game
and the blue screen appeared. It was a "Stop Error Screen"
and this was the first paragraph: "A problem has been
detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer." Under Technical Information, it had the
following: "STOP:0x0000008E
(0xC0000005,0xE2F7F0FC,0xF6175B04,0x00000000)"

I have found the memory dump that the computer performed,
if that would be of any help.

Thanks,
Daryl Keehn.

PS: Could the error have anything to do with me having
installed DirectX 9.0 on a machine that has a video card
built for DirectX 8.1? I installed 9 so that I could run
some other games, and I have had no problems with them. If
this is the case, is there any way I can go back to 8.1
without performing a complete reinstall of Windows (I have
no System Restore Points that go back far enough).

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Daryl,

Does the error message in this article resemble the one
you saw? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325730

It points to your video driver as the culprit. At your,
request, I can post the recent driver and instructions for
your brand of video card.

DirectX is made to be backwards compatible. It's a
better idea to get DX 9 to work on your system, since
software being released now require that version.

--
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| Hiya,
|
| I managed to get it to happen again. Was playing the game
| and the blue screen appeared. It was a "Stop Error Screen"
| and this was the first paragraph: "A problem has been
| detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
| to your computer." Under Technical Information, it had the
| following: "STOP:0x0000008E
| (0xC0000005,0xE2F7F0FC,0xF6175B04,0x00000000)"
|
| I have found the memory dump that the computer performed,
| if that would be of any help.
|
| Thanks,
| Daryl Keehn.
|
| PS: Could the error have anything to do with me having
| installed DirectX 9.0 on a machine that has a video card
| built for DirectX 8.1? I installed 9 so that I could run
| some other games, and I have had no problems with them. If
| this is the case, is there any way I can go back to 8.1
| without performing a complete reinstall of Windows (I have
| no System Restore Points that go back far enough).

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hiya,

I managed to get it to happen again. Was playing the game
and the blue screen appeared. It was a "Stop Error Screen"
and this was the first paragraph: "A problem has been
detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer." Under Technical Information, it had the
following: "STOP:0x0000008E
(0xC0000005,0xE2F7F0FC,0xF6175B04,0x00000000)"

I have found the memory dump that the computer performed,
if that would be of any help.

Thanks,
Daryl Keehn.

PS: Could the error have anything to do with me having
installed DirectX 9.0 on a machine that has a video card
built for DirectX 8.1? I installed 9 so that I could run
some other games, and I have had no problems with them. If
this is the case, is there any way I can go back to 8.1
without performing a complete reinstall of Windows (I have
no System Restore Points that go back far enough).
.
Yo...First of all direct X doesnt make a diference man

And if ya wanna install dx8, uninstall dx9 frm the ad
remove frm program, files .And install dx8.Nothing will
happen. BTw what Os u usin...Xp i guess
k..

 

[Daryl Keehn]

Hiya,
I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go Video Card with 16MB
memory.
Cya,
Daryl Keehn.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Daryl,

Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL accelerators, fire-
walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing drivers and
updates. Also check the game's website (or Fileplanet.com) for patches.

Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b*:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe

Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
never done this before I recommend you also look over the Nvidia's FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=support_faqs Release
Notes:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_52.16

ACCORDING TO:
http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/..._50_graphics_drivers_Release_Notes_v52.16.pdf
Your Geforce 4 420 GO is on the list of cards compatible with the 52.16 driver,
however if you have any problems, you can get the latest driver from your laptop
manufacturers website...

2. Download the latest driver v. 52.16 for your Nvidia Card Win XP/2000:
http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/52.16/52.16_win2kxp_english_whql.exe

3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\Nvidia 5216

4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.

6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.

7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".

9. Double click the 44.03 driver we saved to My Documents\
Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
my website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk

Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0

The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:

BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/

There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

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My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| Hiya,
| I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go Video Card with 16MB
| memory.
| Cya,
| Daryl Keehn.